Mecaphesa is a genus of crab spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1900.[2]

Mecaphesa
M. asperata
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Thomisidae
Genus: Mecaphesa
Simon, 1900[1]
Type species
M. cincta
Simon, 1900
Species

49, see text

Species

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As of November 2022 it contains forty-nine species and one subspecies, found in North America, Central America, the Caribbean, South America, and on Hawaii:[1]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Gen. Mecaphesa Simon, 1900". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-10-23.
  2. ^ Simon, E. (1900), "Arachnida", in Sharp, D. (ed.), Fauna Hawaiiensis, or the zoology of the Sandwich Isles: being results of the explorations instituted by the Royal Society of London promoting natural knowledge and the British Association for the Advancement of Science, vol. 2